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Thursday 23 augusT 2018
Experts: Legal status check systems can be easily exploited

By RYAN J. FOLEY and NO- posed making it manda-
MAAN MERCHANT tory for employers nation-
MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — wide to check hires in the
The systems offered by the system.
U.S. government to check All federal contractors are
the legal status of work- currently required to use E-
ers like the Mexican man Verify, and 21 states have
now suspected of killing an passed laws requiring some
Iowa college student can or all employers to use it,
be easily exploited through according to the Migration
identity fraud and gaps in Policy Institute. Iowa has
government systems, ex- not. RJ Hauman, govern-
perts say. ment relations director at
In the case of Cristhian Ba- the Federation for Ameri-
hena Rivera, the 24-year- can Immigration Reform,
old now charged with mur- which supports restrictive
der in the death of Mollie immigration measures,
Tibbetts, Rivera's ex-em- said that no program is
ployer said Wednesday he fool-proof "when there are
provided an out-of-state people willing to break the
ID card and Social Security Cristhian Bahena Rivera speaks with his attorney during his initial court appearance, Wednesday, law," but that E-Verify had
number. He worked at Yar- Aug. 22, 2018, at the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa. helped many employers
rabee Farms for almost four Associated Press catch unauthorized work-
years under a false name, ers and could have helped
said Dane Lang, part of the to someone else. ments that they can com- percent — whether a doc- Yarrabee Farms.
family that owns the dairy. There is a thriving black pare with what an employ- ument is fake or not." "Yarrabee Farms owes the
Yarrabee Farms did not use market for forged or stolen ee has given them, but not Authorities say Rivera is in Tibbetts family an explana-
the federal E-Verify pro- identity documents. And state-issued driver's licenses the U.S. illegally. U.S. Citi- tion of why it did not use E-
gram, Lang said Wednes- while employers are sup- or IDs. An employer in Iowa zenship and Immigration Verify," he said in an email.
day, correcting information posed to check those doc- presented with an unfa- Services said that it had Dane Lang and his father,
he had given a day earlier. uments, they are barred by miliar out-of-state driver's no record of Rivera having Craig, a prominent Repub-
Instead, the company used federal law from refusing license may not be able to "any lawful immigration sta- lican Party donor and for-
the Social Security Adminis- to accept an ID card that spot a fake. tus." Rivera's attorney, Allan mer candidate for office,
tration's verification service. meets legal requirements "There is rampant fraud," M. Richards, said Wednes- said they were cooperating
The family is now looking for employment. They are said Bill Riley, a former U.S. day that his client "has the with authorities and review-
into adopting E-Verify, he required to reject docu- Immigration and Customs legal documents" to work in ing their own practices.
said. ments that do not "reason- Enforcement agent who is the United States. "There will be plenty of time
Both E-Verify and the Social ably appear to be genu- now a senior managing di- E-Verify has been offered to discuss immigration,"
Security Administration's ine," but those can be hard rector at the consulting firm by both Republicans and Craig Lang said. "However,
program, immigration ex- to catch. Guidepost Solutions. "Even Democrats as a solution to now is not the time. Now
perts say, can be beaten E-Verify provides employers experts like myself, we can curbing illegal immigration. is a time to grieve and re-
with a state ID and a Social with photos for passports say with fairly reasonable More recently, President member Mollie and her
Security number belonging and other federal docu- certainty — but not 100 Donald Trump has pro- family."q

Women's rights organizations object to Kavanaugh nomination

by TRAMON LUCAS Lilly Ledbetter, whose D-Conn., also criticized
Associated Press fight to close the pay gap Kavanaugh's nomination
WASHINGTON (AP) — between women's and by President Donald Trump
Women's rights advocates men's wages led to the Lilly in light of the criminal
rallied in the rain Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, said case against former
Wednesday in opposition that voting for Kavanaugh's Trump attorney Michael
to Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation would be "a Cohen. In pleading guilty
nomination to the Supreme vote against equal pay." to campaign finance
Court, saying he had a "It's time to stand with charges, Cohen said he
discouraging track record working men and women acted on Trump's behest
on issues that matter to and vote 'no' on Judge when he arranged hush
women. Kavanaugh," she said. money for two women who
Standing outside the Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, allege sexual encounters
Supreme Court for more D-N.Y., appealed to the with the president.
than an hour in periods of supporters to reach out to "If Brett Kavanaugh is
rain, the demonstrators their friends and demand confirmed, if his nomination
chanted for equal pay that their senators vote is rushed through, it will be
and the protection of "no." forever a stain on this court,"
women's rights. Some "We need our senators to Lilly Ledbetter, an activist for workplace equality, left, is joined Blumenthal said, and
clutched signs that read stand up and vote 'no' by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a member of the Senate added: "It will taint every
"Kava-nah" as speakers against this judge, 'cause Judiciary Committee, as they address demonstrators opposed decision of the Supreme
expressed their disapproval he is going to harm this to President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Court."
of Kavanaugh's record on country and he is going to Brett Kavanaugh, in front of the Supreme Court, in Washington, Kavanaugh's confirmation
Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018.
equal pay, abortion rights harm women," she said. Associated Press hearing is scheduled to
and other issues. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, begin Sept. 4.q